Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-02-15
AzUsA WATER.
A Proposition 10 Harmonize Mat
ters Between Two Interests.

A Prop 0sitiOn TO Harm0nsze m1s'
| ters Between TWO Interests.
According to announcement meeting
was held at Citrus ON last Saturday Tor
the purpose of trying to arrive at some
definite plan to forever settle the water
| difficulties existing between the Azusa
Public Ditch and the A. W. ID. q
Company. G.. Wiley Wells, of the law
office of Wells, Van Dyke q Lee. was
present and submitted proposition
which. if accepted, would settle the in.
tricate water problem for all time, aud
every citizen in the valley would be ben.
Gifted by such settlement. In briei,
Colonel Wells proposition is to put al
the water flowing in the San Gabriel
caiion into the present cement ditch,
which is one of the best water systems
in the State. The conditions OF such
move on the part OF the public water
owners is that the A. w. D. l. Com.
pany is to furnish, out OF
the water thus placed in their
ditch. one inch CONSTANT flow to every
ten acres. This one inch constant flow
is to be delivered on the land OF the
party, thus putting his water in the
cement ditch at such times and in such
quantities as the party may demand and
is entitled to. The A. w. d. ]. Co.
bind themselves, as o corporation hav'
ing an existence under the laws OF the
State, to fulfill their part of the contract
and deliver, through cement bitches,
such water as each is entitled to as
above stated, for the term OF their cor.
porate existence. which is about forty
seven years. We are of the opinion that
this is one of the best propositions ever
submitted to the people Ct Azasa. The
corporation has already the cement
ditch to carry the water, and under this
contract the people Of Azusa will free
themselves of two great expenses. Inc
first is an expensive lawsuit, which
might take years to settle, and the other
is the expense of building bitches to
keep the water they have from wasting
in the sands and gopher holes. Con-
slderIng the fact that the corporation
has been to nearly 100000 expense
building bitches, and the fact that they
are prepared to carry the water without
waste, and the additional fact that the
old ditch owners will not have to shoul.
der any of that expense. we think the
propo position offered fair one. Those
who avail themselves of the opportunity
of having their water run to them with
out waste or without the usual amount
of disease. breeding filth consequent
upon running their water in open dirt
bitches, through miles of decaying vege.
tation and filthy highway crossings, has
no money to pay, either for the building
of the bitches or the expense of keeping
them in repair.
After hearing the proposition formu.
lated by Colonel Wells it was discussed
by the meeting, and information con.
cerning many points OF law asked of
MIR. Wells, which he answered to the
entire satisfaction of all present. Be-
fore the meeting closed Mr.. Wells
showed his knowledge of the situation
by giving brief history of the water
troubles from the date of 1864 to the
present, having been an attorney for the
people since that time. Major D. w.
II Min off red the following resolution,
which was unanimously adopted:
RESOLVED, That committee of five
be chosen to take charge of the papers
the proposition formulated |
by Colonel Wells. and submitted to the
meeting, and submit them to other
attorneys for inspection, and to make all
aud any other arrangements in
reference to compromise and con.
tract between the Public Ditch owners,
party of the first part. and A. w. ID. &
F. Co., party of the second part.
Tne following gentlemen were chosen
as such committee from the Public Ditch:
w. L. Clark, j. w. Cook, w. Y. Earle,
). 7. Gordon and J. L. Dougherty. A
committee of five were then appointed
by the President Of the Azusa Water
d tch and Irrigation Company to meet
the aforesaid cc mmittee of the first part,
the meeting to be held at Citrus post.
office on Saturday, February 10Th. at
o'clock, Captain Gordon being chosen
as chairman of both committees: E. G.
w. r. Barbour, D. Houser,
Il. w. Dawson, and j. G. Preston.
The meeting adjourned to meet as
above stated, feeling assured that the
between neighbors would be
settled without further litigation.-TCo.
vina Exponent.